mercury in Utah fish/ article

[doggonefishin]

Here is a link to a trib article today, describing Mercury levels in fish caught from 3 bodies of water in Utah exceeded EPA guidelines. Note that Utah Lake WASN'T one of the bodies of water.

[url "http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2725971"]http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_2725971[/url]
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[Libertized]

Kinda makes one think more seriously about just enjoying the "catch & release" aspect of the sport, doesn't it?

With fish being one of the healthier foods out there, it just goes to show that whatever you eat is going to kill you eventually. Even our most healthy foods are contanimated in one way or another. Pesticides, fertilizers, steroids & growth hormones, mercury...

[bassrods]

The pond off of I80 were 201 comes togather has high mercury and lead for years, they use them for testing when I worked for KC.
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[ocean]

Back in florida the everglades have mercury too.You can catch all the fish you want but shouldnt eat it.
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[sliverslinger]

Doggonefishin, This is a scary topic. I have referred to it before when I talked about my cousin in New York where it is only recommended that they eat one meal of fish that they catch from local rivers a month! How awefull is that?! I told you earlier last year that I will be applying form Vet school here next year and this summer I am doing research with one of my professors from WSU about metals in the Great Salt Lake. We will be studying shore birds and possibly waterfowl's gut contents to see what the high levels of metals are doing to the ecosystem. The metals effect the invertabrates that many of the shore birds (and fish) eat. Because we are finding it out in the lake, it shows exactly where the majority of it is coming from-our rivers. I will post what we find. Jake
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